TONY LEEN: A new bridge for Fitzmaurice and Kerry to cross

The last time I reported on Kerry in Newbridge, they grabbed the national league point they probably deserved yesterday.

TONY LEEN: A new bridge for Fitzmaurice and Kerry to cross
Mon, 04 Mar, 2013 - 00:00
Tony Leen

That was thirty years ago. Afterwards we dutifully recorded Mick O’Dwyer’s thoughts on his experimental forward line before I tapped him on the shoulder and asked him for a drive home to Castleisland.

In 1983, that was okay. When wizened old hacks lament the sterile relationship with their subjects nowadays, they’re not just weeping sepia tears.

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